Secondary · B20 · Birmingham

King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy

Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2HL

KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance94.7%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.43
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils1052

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (May 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management good. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in B20. Where we have them, council (Birmingham) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1052
Free school meals
55.9%
12% above district average (43.9%)

Also: Birmingham 43.2% · England 25.8%

SEN
7.7%
9.2% below district average (16.9%)

Also: Birmingham 16.3% · England 16.5%

EAL
59.5%
2.1% above district average (57.4%)
Attendance
94.7%
0.4% below district average (95.1%)

Also: Birmingham 92.3% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
11%
Progress 8
+0.43 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
48
Grade 5+ English & maths
45.6%
Grade 4+ English & maths
70.6%
Entered for EBacc
68.1%
EBacc average point score
4.45

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the B20 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2197.1%
  • 2021/2293.1%
  • 2022/2392.7%
  • 2023/2494%
  • 2024/2592.5%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
817
Pupils on roll
1052

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Birmingham page.

SEN support

SEN %
7.7%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates